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Patented May 4, 1880.

".PETERS, PHOTO-LITHDGRAPNERI, WAJNINGTDNv D C- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES F. MOSMAN, OF WEST MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO C. ROG'ERS & BROTHERS, OF SAME PLACE.

COFFlN-HANDLE SOCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 227,286, dated May 4, 1880.

Application filed March 13, 1880.

To all whom tt may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. MosMAN, of West Meriden, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Coffin-Handle Sockets; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, m-

Figure 1, a front view; Fig. 2, a section on line w :r Fig. 3, the backing detached.

This invent-ion relates to the construction of the socket to which lifting-handles, such as used on coffins, are hinged, the object being to construct the socket so as to show black or other contrasting colored panels on the face of the socket; and the invention consists in the construction, as hereinafter described, and particularly recited in the claim.

A represents a backing of wood or other suitable material. (Shown detached in Fig. 3, and in solid black, Figs. 1 and 2.) The socket proper may be in outline of any desirable shape or ornamentation, neither having anything to do with this invention. It is constructed with a border, B, which bears upon the surface of the cofiin, or to whatever the socket may be attached, and laps onto the back piece, A, as seen in Fig. 2, so as to cover the outer edge.

(Model) C is the central boss, to which the handle is hinged, and connected to the rim or border by arms D or otherwise, and so as to leave openings a between the border and the central boss, the boss fitting closely onto the back piece, A, as seen in Fig. 2, exposing the surface of the back piece through theopenings between the boss and border, as shown in Fig. 1. It will be understood that the shape of these openings may be varied to correspond to the design, shape, or ornamentation of the socket as a whole.

The usual screw-holes are provided by which to secure the socket, and these may or may not pass through the back piece. This back piece may be made of various materials, or colored so as to make a contrast between the panels and the surrounding portions, to give to the socket a rich and tasteful appearance.

I claim A coflin-handle socket consisting of a metal border and central boss connected together to leave openings between the boss and border, combined with a back piece exposed through said openings, substantially as described.

CHARLES F; MOSMAN.

Witnesses:

GEO. F. ROGERS, G. W. ROGERS. 

